SpaceX has an AI device prototype, and it sure sounds phone-ish

SpaceX reportedly showed investors a “handset-like” AI device before going public. It could be another signal SpaceX wants to expand into wireless.

Ashton Kutcher leaving Sound Ventures to launch new VC firm with Morgan Beller

Sound built its reputation on concentrated, high-conviction bets in category-leading AI labs, while Kutcher’s new fund appears to be chasing the layer underneath those companies — the infrastructure and energy that power them.

Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content

Cloudflare is giving AI companies until September 15 to separate web crawlers used for search from those used for AI training and agents, or risk being blocked by default on many publisher sites.

The DeepMind trio who built a poker AI are now making money for quant hedge funds

EquiLibre Technologies, a Prague-based AI lab founded by three ex-DeepMind researchers, is now valued at more than $500 million.

Anthropic and Gov. Newsom forge deal allowing California government to use Claude at half price

As Anthropic forges a closer relationship with the state of California, the federal government has made an enemy out of the OpenAI rival.

Why Wall Street thinks US memory maker Micron is the next Nvidia

Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they’ve found a winner with Micron.

OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 rollout after government request, says restrictions shouldn’t be the norm

“We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers, enterprises, cyber defenders, and global partners who need them.”

OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US

The hire marks OpenAI’s latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.

Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)

Nvidia has dominated the AI chip market for years, but the era of total dependence might be ending.   OpenAI just shared its plans to spice things up with Jalapeño, its custom inference chip built with Broadcom, joining Google, Apple, and SpaceX in a growing list of companies building their way out of single-supplier risk. The goal is less of a… Continua a leggere Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)

Anthropic’s Claude is winning over paid consumers, a market owned by ChatGPT

Despite ChatGPT’s commanding market lead, consumers who pay for AI have been increasingly choosing Anthropic’s Claude, data shows.